1. WP 2 WP 2State-of-the-art Giovanni Riva Julio Calzoni Mariapiera Maranzana Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

2. WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification 4 Tasks have been conceived:  Task 2.1 State of the art on quality of SRf’s and method for CBA (CTI)  Task 2.2 European database on the quality of SRF and validation of the TS on classification (INFA)  Task 2.3 QM guidelines (GLR)  Task 2.4 Implementation and validation of the TS on QM (CREED) Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

3. WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification  Task 2.1 State of the art on quality of SRF and method for CBA (CTI) COMPLETED MONTH 12 The following Deliverables have been issued: - D 2.1 Part 1: issued month 4 – first results of the survey on SRF producers - D 2.1 Part 2: issued month 4 – methodology to be applied to perform a CBA - D 2.2 issued month 12 - Updated list of European production plants of SRF - D 2.3 issued month 12 - Application of QM systems to the production of SRFs throughout the EU Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

4. WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification  Task 2.2 European database on the quality of SRF and validation of the TS on classification (INFA) ON GOING (MONTH 28) - D 2.4 issued month 20 – European database on SRF production - D 2.5 to be issued month 28 – Validation of TS on SRF classification including recommendations to TC 343 for the eventual revision of the TS before its upgrade to a European Standard (EN) Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

5. WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification  Task 2.3 QM guidelines ON GOING (MONTH 33) D 2.6 issued month 7 – Guidelines for the site-specific implementation of the TS on QM to selected sites The experience acquired in the exercise on the host sites will be applied to the D 2.7. and extra editing will be made. D 2.7 to be issued month 33 – Model manual(s) for the site-specific implementation of QM Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

6. www.cti2000.it WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification  Task 2.4 Implementation and validation of the TS on QM ON GOING (MONTH 33) ON GOING (MONTH 33) The D 2.8 is currently under development. The implementation of the TS will be carried out at 4 sites, respectively: - Italy – Site with no QMS - Italy – Site with an IMS (ISO 9001, EMAS, ISO 14001) - Norway – Site with ISO 9001 - Germany – Site with an IMS (RAL, ISO 9001, EFB) Visits and meetings to the sites took place in 2006 Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

7. WP 2 An holistic approach towards quality management and classification  Task 2.4 Implementation and validation of the TS on QM ON GOING (MONTH 33) ON GOING (MONTH 33) The following key points emerged so far: - The definition of the customer - The input material control - Sampling and testing - The actions on non conformity - Other aspects of the 2 TS: definition of QMS and basic characteristics Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

8. Costs The exercise consists in carrying out a CBA comparing the tangible and costs and the intangible benefits in particular the methodology consists in: - Estimating costs - Estimating benefits (intangible) using a subjective qualitative rating system (stakeholders, authorities) - Evaluations : compare tangible costs and intangible benefits The costs on host sites collected so far are being analysed and will be reviewed (the real costs will be compared to the costs in ranking). The costs already collected cannot be perfectly compared at the moment as the data need to be verified and have to be analysed in a more analitical manner. Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006

9. Happy Christmas Quovadis Consortium Meeting Ispra JRC December 2006